Posted: Aug 29, 2013 12:26 am
by klazmon
pensioner wrote:campermon wrote:pensioner wrote:But why don't some of these guys learn that carbon 14 dating is only good for Organic materials?
Yes. Also, C14 dating is only valid for some organic remains. i.e. you can't use it to date sea life.
I did not know that but google is my friend
http://www.tollundman.dk/kulstof-14.asp
Yes. It is because the CO2 dissolved in sea water is depleted in 14C compared to atmospheric CO2. Hence seaweed and phytoplankton, which gain Carbon from dissolved CO2 have depleted 14C and ditto the animals that feed primarily on these.